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Baltimore (Md.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 88 Collections and/or Records:

Rokos family collection of Czech-American photographs

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0145
Abstract

This collection consists of photographs that depict the Czech community in East Baltimore. Subjects include the Rokos and Klecka families. Also included are images of a grocery store and saloon, as well as family portraits, wedding photographs, and images of funeral processions.

Dates: 1885-1960

Ruby Head scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MS 3235
Abstract

This scrapbook was kept by Mrs. Ruby Mae Head in the summer of 1940 to document her trip from San Antonio, Texas to Baltimore, Maryland, so that her husband could report for duty at Fort Holabird. It includes postcards, newspaper clippings, printed ephemera, photographs, and written commentary.

Dates: 1940 August-September

Sherman slide collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2007-061-LIB
Abstract

The Sherman slide collection contains approximately 180 35mm color slides, 1970-1974, of landmarks (Baltimore Zoo, Hopkins Plaza, etc.) and events (City Fair, Flower Mart, etc.) in Baltimore City and Harford County.

Dates: 1970 - 1974

Slater and Slater and Roy business correspondence and records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 3069
Abstract Lawson, Slater, and Slater & Roy were merchants who sold general sundries including hardware, lumber, clothes, and household goods which for the most part were imported from England. Various businesses operated from the late 1700s through the 1820s. This collection encompasses 1 company and three of those merchants as well as family members. Thisincludes Lawson, Slater, and Slater & Roy. The collection contains business correspondence, bills and receipts, promissory notes, shipping...
Dates: 1787-1894; Majority of material found within 1787-1819

Small print-subject collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPSC
Abstract

The Small Print-Subject Collection consists of over 1,300 advertisements, woodcuts, etchings, drawings, newspaper images, newspaper clippings, small booklets, and other items. Most date from the 18th and 19th century. The prints in this collection are less than 10 x 15 inches in size.

Dates: 1656-1976

The Baltimore Fire publications collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 3154
Abstract

This is an artificial collection of photographic pamphlets of the Baltimore Fire of 1904.

Dates: 1904 - 1906

Therocious Gray, 1972 October 4

 File
Identifier: OH 8036
Abstract

Therocious Gray was a Baltimore "street arab" or huckster. In this interview, he discusses: Street vending in the 1930s; watermelon cries; the Harlem Square neighborhood; decorating horses on vending wagons. Audio includes prayer by Albert L. Paige and short statements by hucksters Willie Jones and Eddie Toatley.

Dates: 1972 October 4

Tickner Funeral Home photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0140
Abstract

This collection contains photographs of William J. Tickner and Sons funeral home at various points in its existence, including activities, personnel, interior and exterior views, and the coffin showroom.

Dates: 1880-1942

Vera R. Kaminski manuscript collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 3110
Abstract

This collection contains documents and ephemera related to Vera R. Kaminski’s participation in Baltimore professional groups. This includes the Women’s Bar Association of Maryland, Women’s Society of the Engineers Club, and Women’s Auxiliary to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Dates: 1854 - 2007

Views of Baltimore and Washington DC photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0130
Abstract

This collection contains 14 photographs of Baltimore and Washington D.C. views from an unknown album, circa 1913. They are all housed in one folder.

Dates: 1913